Paint package



l. W. HASBURG.

PAINT PACKAGE. APPLICATION r1LED1uNElo.1921.

Patented Aug. .29, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

*M www J. W. HASBURG.

PAINT PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0. |921.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.-

JOHN w. HAsBURG, or uniendo, iLLINois.

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Application filed .Tune 10,

To all wia-0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I JOHN W. Hnsnune, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paint Packages, kand declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.7

My invention has for its object to produce a simple and novel construction and arrangement in a package for containing small quantities of paint of high .intrinsic value, whereby the paint will practically be sealed so as to be protected against dust and other foreign matter even after .the lid or closure has been opened or removed to expose the paint to view through the transparent wall of an enclosing chamber.

The various features of novelty whereby -my invention is characterized willhereinaff ter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had-.to the following detailed description. taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, .vherei'n:y

Figure l is a plaiif-view 'of a package arranged in accordance with one` form of my invention, the lid or closure being removed;

Fig. 2 is a section on a somewhat larger scale, taken approximatelyy on. line 2 2 of Figzl;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the follower used in the package shown in Figs. l and 2, prior to bending up the flanges on the follower;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustra# ing a modified arrangement, yonly one-half ofthe package being shown;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one corner of the blank form which the follower employed in Fig. 4 is made;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to a further modification;

Fig. is a view similar to Figs. 4 and 6v showing a still further modification;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the transparent Celluloid cover employed in a package in which the follower is omitted;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a modified forni of Celluloid cover;

Fig. l() is a View similar to Figs. 4, 6 and Fig. 4 showing Specification of Letters laten'tl i Patented Aug',

1921. ,Serial No. 476,407.- l

lies a palette, 2, of glass upon whichis spread a thin wafer-likev mass, 3, of paint.v Lying upon the palette is a transparent cover prefk erably ofcelluloid, comprising a flat domeshaped central portion, 4, somewhat 'larger in diameter than the paint wafer, and a flat marginal portion, 5, which `rests upon the aalette beyond the periphery of the wafer.

pon the flatk marginal Vportion of the cover lies a follower, 6, having at the edges flanges 7, lengagingfwith the sides Yof theboX. layer, 8, of suitable kadhesive material is placed between the flangesk of the` follower and the. sides of ythe boXso thatL the follower f is positively held inaposition in which the marginal portions of the palette andcoverf are clamped between the follower and the bottoni of the box. The open top of thebox is closed by a suitable lid, 9.' f v K It will beseen that the seal ofthe paintcontaining chamber is not broken when the lid of thek box is removed, so that the box may be opened` and closed at will without danger of permitting `dust or other foreign p matterto enter the paint chamber. j f f The follower may bemadefiii the form of a flat tray or it may be made as shown in Fig.y 8,'out of a flat piece havinga central opening large enough to permit the doineshaped portion ofthe cover tofproject i through `the saine and having -at the four If the flanges are not bent up into their final positions until just before a package is made up, the natural resiliency of the `cardboard from which the follower will usually be made, will cause the flanges to press against the sides of the boX; thus `holding the follower in place by means of friction. yGlue may also be used between the flanges of this form of follower and the sides of the boX. n

In Fig. 4 I have shown an arrangement which is the same as that shown in Fig. 2 except that the follower, 1l, constitutes a edges-naps or flanges, 10,"adapted to be bent at right angles to the bodyof the follower.;

modification of the follower shown in 8. The follower, ll, as best shown in Fig. 5, has flanges, l2, at the edges, and the outer edges of these flanges are serrated as shown at 13. These serrations, due to the natural spring or resiliency of the material. of which the follower is made, will be pressed laterally against the walls of the box and will bite into the material of the walls more or less and thus serve positively to hold the follower down on the cover.

In Fig. 6 the follower is thc same as that shown in Fig. l, but `is held positively in place by punching small bosses or projections, la, outwardly through the flanges thereof into the walls of the box. These bosses or projections may be lformed with any suitable punch after the follower has been placed in the box.

n Fig. 7 the arrangement is substantially the same as that in Fig. 6 except that interlocking projections are not formed by simply pressing the material of the flanges of the follower outwardly but by cutting the flanges yof the followers in a manner to form small.

tongues, l5, preferably triangular in shape which are forced outwardly into the material of which the walls of the box are made.

ln some cases l may dispense with the followers, so shaping the Celluloid cover that it may be secured to or interlockedwith the sides of they box in any of the different ways in which the follower in Figs. l to 7 is secured in place. In Fig. 8 I have shown the Celluloid cover, 16, having flanges, 17, at the edges to give the cover the shape of a shallow tray. In Fig. 9 l have shown a cover, 1S, provided with flanges, 19, that in the blank lie in the same plane as the flat marginal Vportions of the cover and, when bent upwardly to produce a tray-like formation, tend to flatten out and will thus press laterally at their upper edges against the inner sides of the walls of the box. ln Fig. l0 I have illustrated a package having no follower but in which a cover such as -shown in Fig. S, has its flanges or sides secured to the walls of the box by a layer, 20, of adhesive material.

ln Fig. ll the package is similar to .that shown in Fig. (5 except that the follower is vomitted and the cover takes the form shown in Fig. 8; the interlocking projections, 21,

corresponding to the bosses or projections, 14;, in Fig. (i, being punched from the flanges of the cover.

Fig. l2 shows an arrangen'ient corresponding to that in Fig. 7 with the follower omitted; the tongues, 22, corresponding to the tongues, l5, in Fig. 7 being punched out of the follower. y

Fig. lf3 shows an arrangement similar to that illustrated in Fig. +L, with the follower omitted, the flanges, 28, at the edges of the follower 2Libeing serrated along their edges as indicated at 25 in Fig. lll; these serrations biting into thesides of the box and holding the cover firmly against the palette.

It will thus be seen that l have produced a simple and novel package in which the seal between the palette and its covering means is positively maintained, the seal remaining unbroken afterthe lid or closure for the box which forms vthe outer element of the package is removed.

I claim:

'1. n package comprising a box open at the top, a palette lying in the bottom of the box; covering n'ieans for the palette including a shallow transparent dome-like central part, a part resting on the marginal portions of the palette, and upwardly-directed flanges or walls secured to the inneil face ofthe sides of the box; and a lid for said box.

2. A package comprising a box open at the top,.a palette lying in the bottom of the box; covering means for said palette including a central shallow dome-like transparent part, parts lying upon the marginal portions of the palette, and upwardly-extending flanges or walls engaging with the sides of the box; means co-operating with said flanges or walls and the inner face of the sides of the box to hold the aforesaid 'means positively upon the palette,.and a lid for said box.

8. A. package comprising a box open at the top, a palette lying in the bottom of the box; covering meansfor the palette including a shallow dome-like central part, a part resting on the marginal portions of the palette, and npwardly-directed flanges or wallsse` cured to the inner face of the sides of the box; and a lidfor said box.

.ln testimony whereof, I sign this specification..

.ionN w. i-nisnune. 

